How TikTok bots and AI have powered a resurgence in UK far-right violence: Experts warn growth of extremist influencers and ‘micro-donations’ could create even bigger wave of unrest. Guardian
America isn’t ready for the wars of the future: And they’re already here. Mark A. Milley + Eric Schmidt
Silicon Valley’s Trump supporters are making a big mistake Michael Moritz
The Biden administration is betting this CHIPS Act program can revitalize communities from the ground up: The Recompete program, another example of the Biden’s administration’s commitment to ‘place-based’ economic development, is also a corrective to the trickle-down economics of the Trump years. FC
X's AI chatbot spread election misinformation, US officials say: AFP reports five US states sent an open letter Monday to Elon Musk, urging him to fix his social media platform X's AI chatbot after it shared misinformation about the upcoming presidential election.
+ Five secretaries of state plan to criticize Grok, the chatbot run by Musk’s xAI, for falsely suggesting that Kamala Harris wasn’t eligible to appear on the 2024 ballot.
Anti-AI lawsuits in the music industry pose novel questions for courts: FC reports country musician Tift Merritt’s most popular song on Spotify, “Traveling Alone,” is a ballad with lyrics evoking solitude and the open road. Prompted by Reuters to make “an Americana song in the style of Tift Merritt,” the artificial intelligence music website Udio instantly generated “Holy Grounds,” a ballad with lyrics about “driving old backroads” while […]
Bloomberg: Google monopolized search through illegal deals, judge rules
+ Google’s deals with Apple and others violate law, judge says
+ Google paid billions to make search engine default on phones
US judge rules Google broke antitrust law in search case: Reuters reports Alphabet's Google broke the law to cement its dominance over online searches and related ads, a federal judge ruled on Monday in the US Justice Department's first victory against a monopoly in more than 20 years.
‘Google is a monopolist,’ judge rules in landmark antitrust case: NYT reports the ruling on Google’s search dominance was the first antitrust decision of the modern internet era in a case against a technology giant.
Google is an illegal monopoly, federal court rules: WP reports the ruling hands the Justice Department its biggest victory in more than two decades in limiting the power of Big Tech companies to control and dominate the huge markets they have created.
Google loses its massive antitrust case against the DOJ: The court’s decision marks a new way of thinking about antitrust in the internet age. FC
Fortune: Forget Apple, the biggest loser in the Google search ruling could be Mozilla and its Firefox web browser
Why Apple could be a loser in Google's antitrust defeat BI
Bloomberg: Apple’s shift to AI is poised to soften blow from Google ruling
+ Judge’s decision puts Google payments to Apple in jeopardy
+ In future, Apple could handle searches via Siri and chatbots
Bloomberg: Nvidia’s next-generation AI chip rollout slowed by engineering snags
+ Stepped-up pace of product releases has added pressure
+ Company looks to extend its dominance in AI computing
Bloomberg: AI chip startup Groq gets $2.8 billion valuation in new funding round
+ Cisco and Samsung invested in the $640 million deal
Bloomberg: Xiaomi-backed AI chipmaker Black Sesame prices Hong Kong IPO at bottom of range
+ AI chipmaker raises $133 million at low end of price band
+ Listing marks second debut under city’s specialist tech regime
AI is changing the future of CAPTCHAs: FC reports CAPTCHA is one more battleground in the seemingly endless battle between AI and humans.
FT: Google hires founders of chatbot start-up Character AI
Bloomberg: OpenAI co-founders Schulman and Brockman step back
+ Researcher Schulman is leaving for rival startup Anthropic
+ OpenAI president Greg Brockman is going on extended leave
Musk revives lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman: WSJ reports billionaire Elon Musk alleged he was manipulated into believing the artificial-intelligence company he was helping launch was a nonprofit.
WP: Elon Musk renews legal war on OpenAI, two months after dropping lawsuit
Why AI researchers are worried about ‘model collapse’ Bloomberg
Bloomberg: Musk’s X to close San Francisco office, relocate workers
Colleges race to ready students for the AI workplace: WSJ reports non-techie students are learning basic generative-AI skills as schools revamp their course offerings to be more job-friendly.
Enjoy the ride + plan accordingly.
-Marc
